Culinary Institute of Vancouver Island - Vancouver Island University

Learn from our qualified Baker Instructors and Pastry Chefs at Vancouver Island University's expanded bakery facility, offering entry level training, Apprenticeship to the 'Red Seal' certification level.

Professional Baking (ITA accredited): Foundation Program - entry level (may receive credit for Level 1 apprenticeship) Apprenticeship Levels 1, 2 & 3 (Interprovincial Red Seal Program) The foundation program is a ten- month certificate program designed to prepare students for a career in Baking using practical assignments in an industrial setting. Apprenticeship: We offer all three levels of the BC Apprenticeship technical training leading to the Interprovincial (Red Seal) Certificate in the Baker Trade.

Bldg.185 - 900 Fifth Street, Nanaimo
Nanaimo

Web Site: Click here to visit.

E-mail: Martin.Barnett@viu.ca

Directions:
http://www.mala.ca/campusmap.htm
Hours:
Hours of Operations: 5:00 am - 11 am for Baking - Professional; 9:00 am - 3:30 pm for Apprenticeship each level is 4 weeks
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The Bartlett pear we know today in North America is the same variety that is still called the Williams Bon Chretien in many other parts of the world.

Discovered originally in 1765 by a schoolmaster in England named Mr. Stair, the Bartlett was once known by the charming name, Stair's Pear. A nurseryman named Williams later acquired the variety and took it to England where it became popular under his name, William Bon Chretien.